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Council to consider eminent-domain filings for two long-abandoned properties for affordable housing use

Concord City Council · January 8, 2026
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Summary

Staff requested formal authority to begin eminent-domain proceedings for two apparently abandoned properties (145 Hemlock St. and 75 Young St.) to return parcels to the tax base or use them for affordable housing; staff said unpaid taxes are less than assessed value and filings will include a deposit based on tax value.

City staff asked council to adopt resolutions authorizing imminent-domain (eminent-domain) action for two properties identified as long abandoned and tax-delinquent: 145 Hemlock Street and 75 Young Street. Valerie told council these properties have unpaid taxes and appear abandoned by record title holders; the requested action authorizes the legal department to begin formal…

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